Wheel.



No. 825,821 PATENTED JULY 10, 1906. I. W, GILES 8:0. W. TOBEY.

WHEEL.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 5. 1905.

I \I I 1 IINVENTOHS UNITED STATES ISAAC I/V. GILES,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF NEBEDFORD.AND oHARLEs\v.ToBEY.or'

rniRHAvEN,MAssAoHUsETTs WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 5. 1906. Serial Ne. 290,418.

parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure-1 is a side elevation of a wheel embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on about line 2 2 of Fi 3. Fig. 3 is a section on about line 3 3 of ig. 2. Fig. 4 is an end view, and Fig. 5 a side view, of one of the cushion-blocks. Fig. 6 is a side view of one of the block-holders. Fig. 7 is an end view of the same block holder. Fig. 8 is a face view of the cushionholder shown in Fig. 7. Figs. 9 and 10 are side and edge views of the s0cket-holder for application to the tire. Fig. 11 is a' face view of said cushion-holder, and Fig. 12 is a view of a rectangular cushion-block holder.

By the invention we provide a wheel comprising a body portion A, having its rim composed of the felly B and the plate 0, the tire spaced away from the rim of the body A and comprising the-tire-plate O and the rubber rim D, the cushion-blocks E between the wheel and the rim, and the holders F and G for the said cushion-blocks.

The cushion-blocks E are preferably of rubber and may be of any .desiredshape; but it is preferred to make them cylindrical in cross-section, as shown in: Fig. 4, with their ends 5 uare or flat, as shown in Fig. 5, whereby to eep the blocks in place and prevent any tendency to roll in line with the traction, and also to form the said blocks with central openings E to receive the devices, by which to brace the blocks against lateral displacement as well as against movement in the direction of the circumference of the wheel when the blocksare compressed.

rimof the wheel proper and the inner side of the rimfin radial ,alinement and provided at their upper edges with slightly-projecting beads F and G overlapping the ends of the pinks and operating to keep out dirt and the Patented July 10,1906.

, The uide devices within the cushionblocks comprise lu s F, projectin from one of the bIock-hol ers' and lugs arranged in pairs on the op osite block-holders and between which the ugs F? project, the outer ends of the lugs F being rounded at-F and the recess or depression at G being formed between the lugs G at the base of the latter to receive the rounded point of the lug F when the cushion-block is compressed to its greatest extent, asshown at the bottom in Fi 1, in order tov revent any circumferentia displacement o the body of the wheel within the rim, the overlap ing of the lugs F and G preventing any ateral displace ment in the use of the invention, as will be readily understood.

' .The cushion-blocks may be round, square, or oval in shape, Fig. 12 illustrating a rectangular form of holder for the same.

"In assemblin the parts of the wheel it will beunderstood the blocks E are placed in position under pressure and operate to center the wheel-body within the rim, and while normally under a certain degree of compres sion will yield in passing over uneven surfaces, stones, and other obstacles found on the ordinary highway.

It will be noticed from the drawings that in practice we-provide a wide metal plate C upon the felly of the wheel-body and secure the inner block-holders thereon, the outer block-holders being secured to a broad metal tire-plate and the o posite holders for the block being provide with overlapping projections, which act as braces to prevent too much lateral movement in the use of the invention, also that the engagement of the pro- The wheel as a whole may be found in practice to possess all the elasticity of a pneumatic tire without many of the troubles incident to such form of tire, the improved wheel being punctureroof and so constru'cted that dirt, grit, an mud cannot enter or obstruct the working devices.

Having thus described our invention,what we claim as new, and desire to'secure by Let- I ters Patent, is a on opposite sides of the lugs on their coop-- erating holders whereby to prevent lateral displacement and said holders being re- 'cesse'd between their pairs of lugs to receive the points of the opposing lugs, and the cushion-blocks having the flat ends and provided with the central openings and fitting Within their holders withthe lugs thereof projecting into the central openings of the cushionblocks, substantially as set forth.

2. The combinationin a Wheel with the wheel-body and the rim spaced apart therefrom, of cushion-blocks between the body and rim, and holders receiving said blocks and secured respectively to the wheel-body and to the rim and provided with projecting overlapping lugs operating-within the cushion-blocks and adapted to prevent lateral displacement substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of the wheel-body, the rim, the-cushion-block between the body and rim and having a central opening, and holders for said block secured to the wheel body and rim and provided with'overlapping lugs operating within the central opening of the cushion-block, the said lugs being arranged with a single lug on one holder and with a pair of lugs on the opposite holder lapping on opposite sides of the first lug and the second holderbeing provided between the lugs of its pair with a recess receiving the point of the single lug all substantially as and for the purposes set forth. Y

ISAAC W. GILES. CHARLES W. TOBEY. Witnesses:

ROBERT BETAGH, FRANK L. DAVIS. 

